Girardot Municipality, Cojedes

Girardot Municipality
Municipio Girardot
Municipality

Location in Cojedes
Map showing the location of Girardot Municipality within Venezuela
Girardot Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 8°57′38″N 68°18′06″W / 8.9606°N 68.3017°W / 8.9606; -68.3017Coordinates: 8°57′38″N 68°18′06″W / 8.9606°N 68.3017°W / 8.9606; -68.3017
Country  Venezuela
State Cojedes
Municipal seat El Baúl[*]
Government
 • Mayor Gustavo Ramón Guillén Brizuela (AD)
Area
 • Total 3,468 km2 (1,339 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 11,906
 • Density 3.4/km2 (8.9/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s) 0258
Website Official website

The Girardot Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Cojedes and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 11,906.[1] The town of El Baúl is the municipal seat of the Girardot Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Girardot Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 11,579 (up from 10,387 in 2000). This amounts to 3.8% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 3.34 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.7/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Girardot Municipality is Gustavo Ramón Guillén Brizuela, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 30% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; El Baúl and Sucre.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.geohive.com/cntry/venezuela_ext.aspx
  2. 1 2 http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Cojedes.zip%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  3. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/cojedes/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  5. ↑ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/8/alcaldedis=0&edo=8&mun=3&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
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